Comparing Adam's Song Bruised And Scarred By Hannah Baker

In The Middle

Hannah Baker, recorded on seven different tapes her thirteen reasons as to why she committed suicide. Throughout her story she tells of the hardships she went through when she came to her new school and the rumors that began to spread once she started fitting in with the students. The song “Bruised and Scarred” by Mayday Parade relates to a specific scene in this book. The song describes a couple who had a first kiss and it seemed as if things were supposed to be so good after that but then things took a wrong turn and it ended badly. This relates to the scene when Hannah tells about her first kiss with Justin Foley. It was just as she imagined her first kiss would be, perfect. She felt so happy once she finally had the perfect first kiss with a guy who she thought was absolutely perfect. Hannah then comes to find out that Justin had been telling rumors of things that happened that night that truly never happened. This caused a lot of problems and Hannah ended it
The song “Adam’s Song” by Blink 182, is a perfect song to describe and relate to the way Hannah was feeling at that time. The song is about a boy who never thought he would do something to the extent of committing suicide. He was outgoing and he laughed all the time, but something made him so depressed he did not have the strength to go on with his life. Hannah’s situation was very similar to this. Before she came to this new school she was a happy girl, she never knew that something like suicide would ever cross her mind. The rumors and bullying caused so much hurt she had no strength to go on, and took the easy way out. Which was not the smart way but there is never any going back. Things happen in life and even though it is hard sometimes you just have to keep your head up and move on. Hannah was strong enough to do this and neither was the boy being described in the